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You just submitted this idea to see how long it would take before someone suggested filling the bumper with CUSTARD. Didn't you? |
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I originally had custard in parenthasis in the idea, but removed it due to my scientific unfamiliarity with the substance. |
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Can't hurt to have water sprayed about at the scene of an accident to put the damper on any potential fires too |
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What about the added weight of carrying all that water around? |
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This would be a great system for fuel cell cars. The bumpers fill gradually as the cells work. I personally think the bumpers should be made of a semi-flexible material, and the only way the cars can stop is by running into something and spraying the water all over the place. It'd be comical, if not efficient. |
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Actually.... here in Toronto, Canada, the older transit busses have / had water filled bumpers. made for quite a water works show when they got in an accident, but it did work. I don't believe they make busses with water filled bumpers anymore, atleast not for sale in canada because they would have to put antifreeze in the water... and that really isn't too good for the surrounding wildlife. |
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Yes, [Zimmy], in response to your query, this has been done before. |
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They tried this back in the seventies - eighties.......there were problems with weight, and also with leaks which ruined the effectiveness of the bumper in an accident. I don't know if it ever made it into widespread production. |
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